Ty-Hedfan is a beautiful partially-buried home in Wales that is modeled after the traditional longhouse. Constrained by building regulations in this verdant plot just outside of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecon_Beacons">Brecon Beacons National Park</a>, <a href="http://www.featherstoneyoung.com">Featherstone Young</a> created a cantilevering wing that houses most of the living functions and hovers over the riverbank. A second sunken wing has a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">soft green roof</a> that acts as an extension of the surrounding landscape.

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Ty-Hedfan House by Featherstone Young

This soaring home in Wales is modeled after traditional longhouses

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Ty-Hedfan House by Featherstone Young

It is almost entirely constructed with local materials such as slate and stone

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Ty-Hedfan House by Featherstone Young

Half of the L-shaped house cantilevers over a verdant riverbank

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Ty-Hedfan House by Featherstone Young

The other perpendicular half is partially buried and covered with a green roof

Ty-Hedfan House by Featherstone Young

Ty-Hedfan is a beautiful partially-buried home in Wales that is modeled after the traditional longhouse. Constrained by building regulations in this verdant plot just outside of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Featherstone Young created a cantilevering wing that houses most of the living functions and hovers over the riverbank. A second sunken wing has a soft green roof that acts as an extension of the surrounding landscape.